Not sure about everyone else, but I have noticed a significant reduction in activity on PD1 recently. In an attempt to increase activity levels, Dark Lord is opening up his cave for a forty-eight hour party from turns (5am GMT) on Friday 22nd May 2009 to celebrate his 600th birthday. From that time, my profile will be completely open and all help turned off.

Whilst there is no specific dress code, in order to share the wealth evenly, I would prefer you not to use pillagers or helms – and PoFar is not recommended as I will be gulping on every incoming. Similarly, I will be wearing no armour and will retain level 2 claws for the extra defensive penalty which they bring.

Whilst I won’t be policing attacks, if I see anything obviously long for maximum gold haul, such as a 13 hour or 11.5 hour attack, I will likely be going in to full defensive mode and request help for that incoming.

My current gold stash is over 35 million and I am hoping to push that up to about 40 million by the time the party begins – unless I get any more heavy hits in the mean time of course.

Everyone is invited to attend the party who is between approximately 450,000 and 800,000 (just in case my calculation is incorrect, Dark Lord is currently 600,014 and will not be growing any time soon). If you are in an alliance that has a Non Aggression Pact with the Order of the Rose, no name change or note is necessary. If you are not in one of those alliances, please leave a note on my cave wall or change your name to indicate that you are a party guest.

I hope as many of you as possible can attend and that we can, together, make sure that PD1 is not forgotten as we all enjoy PD2.

Well it's eight hours until the party starts and my profile is now open.

As an added incentive, and to ensure that everyone gets a fair chance, anyone who launches at turns (5am GMT) will definitely find Dark Lord hungover in anti-rage when they arrive - those who decide to launch early may find him under the influence of PoFar still.

The final prize fund amounts to 40.7 million and it's all there for the taking.